These efforts are organized into a comprehensive Knowledge Hub, ensuring accessibility for farmers, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
MARVIC: Supporting Carbon Removal and Certification
The MARVIC project—Monitoring, Reporting & Verification (MRV) systems for carbon farming—, on the other hand, aims to create a harmonized framework for Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems tailored to European agriculture. This framework supports the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) regulation, crucial for scaling up carbon removal activities and ensuring the credibility of carbon farming schemes across Europe. MARVIC focuses on:
- Developing an effective, robust, harmonized, context-specific MRV framework for carbon removals by agricultural activities.
- Aligning MRV systems with EU CRCF regulations for consistency and reliability.
- Balancing accuracy with cost-effectiveness to minimize administrative burdens.
- Addressing non-permanence risks associated with carbon sequestration in agriculture.
MARVIC investigates integrating various components—such as farm data, sampling strategies, benchmark sites, and remote sensing technologies—into efficient and reliable MRV systems.
European Carbon Farming Summit
The MRV4SOC and MARVIC projects will actively participate in the European Carbon Farming Summit, held in Dublin during 4-6 March 2025, in order to support high-level conversations to shape up robust carbon farming markets and policies. The event, organized by the EU-funded project CREDIBLE, represents a space for sharing knowledge and experiences, upscaling solutions and enabling the multiplication of climate actions across the European Union.
Looking ahead
As we advance, the collaborative endeavours of MRV4SOC and MARVIC represent a considerable advancement in the field of carbon farming. Their groundbreaking work not only strengthens our capacity to address climate change but also establishes a foundation for more sustainable and resilient agricultural practices. We anticipate the continued development and deployment of these essential tools and methodologies, which will be instrumental in achieving our collective objectives of environmental stewardship and climate action.